“Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.”
“Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity.”
“Some people would rather live in a hell they've got used to than in a paradise they've never experienced before. ”
“A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.”
“If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge.”
“Being laughed at is excellent preparation for marriage.”